Program Details
2026-01-23 14:00:00
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Course Overview
2026-01-23 14:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ESTThis session covers the practical journey from paper-based to fully digital law practice operations. Attendees will learn how to build an effective technology stack, implement cloud-based systems, and evaluate whether a brick-and-mortar or remote practice model best fits their needs.
Lauren ScardellaTom O’Connor 3:10 pm - 4:10 pm ESTThis session addresses the technical competencies required for modern litigators navigating digital evidence and discovery. Topics include AI evidence authentication challenges, document management systems, electronic communication preservation, and eDiscovery fundamentals including cost management strategies.
Lauren ScardellaTom O’ConnorLauren E. Scardella, Esq. is the founder of The Scardella Law Firm LLC and an experienced attorney who has built and sustained a fully paperless, technology-driven law practice. Since 2009, she has represented clients in high-volume municipal, DWI, and criminal defense matters, requiring efficient document management, electronic court filings, secure digital evidence handling, and constant electronic communication with courts, clients, and experts. In 2025, Ms. Scardella successfully transitioned her New Jersey-based practice to a fully remote model while relocating to Arizona, relying on a carefully structured technology stack, cloud-based systems, and streamlined digital workflows to maintain compliance, productivity, and client service. A frequent CLE speaker and co-editor of Municipal Court Practice for NJICLE, she brings practical, real-world insight into implementing paperless systems, training staff in digital workflows, and evaluating whether a remote or in-office paperless model best serves a law practice.
Tom O’Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker, and writer in the field of legal technology. A New England native who graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1972 with a BA in Political Science, he later earned a J.D. at an evening law school program while working as a consultant during the day.
That consulting experience is diverse and includes tobacco litigation, the BP oil spill litigation and several opioid MDL matters as well as pro bono work with the Office of the Federal Public Defender.
A frequent lecturer about legal technology, Tom also teaches CLE courses nationwide and is a prolific writer. He has several blogs which cover current legal technology topics and has written hundreds of articles including the 2006 award-winning article, “In Katrina’s Wake”, about recovery efforts in the legal community of post-Katrina New Orleans in which he participated.
Tom has authored four books on legal technology, including the best-selling EDiscovery for the Rest of Us and most recently, AI For the Rest of Us, both of which are self-published. In addition, he hosts the Ediscovery Channel on YouTube where he interviews well-known figures in the legal technology space.
Tom currently resides down the Mississippi down in New Orleans with his son Seamus, a Hosted Services Specialist with Platinum Intelligent Data Solutions. They both still mourn the death of legal marketing maven Gayle O’Connor, a wonderful wife and partner to Tom as well as a loving mother to Seamus.
Lauren E. Scardella, Esq. is the founder of The Scardella Law Firm LLC and an experienced attorney who has built and sustained a fully paperless, technology-driven law practice. Since 2009, she has represented clients in high-volume municipal, DWI, and criminal defense matters, requiring efficient document management, electronic court filings, secure digital evidence handling, and constant electronic communication with courts, clients, and experts. In 2025, Ms. Scardella successfully transitioned her New Jersey-based practice to a fully remote model while relocating to Arizona, relying on a carefully structured technology stack, cloud-based systems, and streamlined digital workflows to maintain compliance, productivity, and client service. A frequent CLE speaker and co-editor of Municipal Court Practice for NJICLE, she brings practical, real-world insight into implementing paperless systems, training staff in digital workflows, and evaluating whether a remote or in-office paperless model best serves a law practice.
Tom O’Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker, and writer in the field of legal technology. A New England native who graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1972 with a BA in Political Science, he later earned a J.D. at an evening law school program while working as a consultant during the day.
That consulting experience is diverse and includes tobacco litigation, the BP oil spill litigation and several opioid MDL matters as well as pro bono work with the Office of the Federal Public Defender.
A frequent lecturer about legal technology, Tom also teaches CLE courses nationwide and is a prolific writer. He has several blogs which cover current legal technology topics and has written hundreds of articles including the 2006 award-winning article, “In Katrina’s Wake”, about recovery efforts in the legal community of post-Katrina New Orleans in which he participated.
Tom has authored four books on legal technology, including the best-selling EDiscovery for the Rest of Us and most recently, AI For the Rest of Us, both of which are self-published. In addition, he hosts the Ediscovery Channel on YouTube where he interviews well-known figures in the legal technology space.
Tom currently resides down the Mississippi down in New Orleans with his son Seamus, a Hosted Services Specialist with Platinum Intelligent Data Solutions. They both still mourn the death of legal marketing maven Gayle O’Connor, a wonderful wife and partner to Tom as well as a loving mother to Seamus.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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